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and landings by allied force*
on Bonin islands. SOO mile*
from Japan. Americans seize
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uland, 770 nniea from Philip-
major Canadian action since
into Carpiquet, considering it is one of the etrongeit pointa
on the Caen perimeter and one of the keys to Caen itself.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, Jnly 4—(JP>—Amcricesi treens Tneo-
day dmve within one and a half miles nf La Haye de
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FRANCE — Carpiquet heart 0.
German defenses three miles
from Caen captured by Cana-
dians and British in offensive'
pines. Fall of Oarapan. Sai-
pan capital expected soon un-
der attack by U. 8 forces.
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n Reds Capture
. Polotsk, Gate
.To Baltic Zone
Reporter* who
__________ ________r stxxjt ■from th*
Uon of his battalion, which was under pa run ent oeeaaionally
heavy enemy artillery and infantry
attack, despite painful wounds in both
tecs The citation reads "Hi* com-
plete disregard for hxa own safety and
comfort and fearless conduct wets
outstanding”
The Tokyo radio said Tuesday that
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struck at the Japanese base en Tap two and em-bnM asMa^**
Uland in the Caroline* Monday and ■ tn spit* of heavy reim whicn sevweiy
saserted that a fierce air battle had restricted air Hgpwt.
Rogalssd
. I Until late Monday »•
American drive had no air revert but
then clearinc weather aMwsd ngtoSer-
bombera to hit German ubaiertretlm*
tn the Leaeay area, five mltee due
south of La Haye da Putt*
In the Caen eertor to the mrt the
Fitting 45th
Marks a Year
Of Bitter War
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City’s E Bond
Drive Pushed
LONDON, Jnly <•— (UP) —
Axto rigsrU ssM TkMay that
■ Amcrtena twR have ImM
Carpiquet, Enemy Bastion
Guarding Caen, Captured
In Swift Allied Assault
lav ni<ht None
from Oklahoma.
Yankee Bombers Hit
parently was dry
The date forecast is for fair with
little chan<« in temperature for Tues-
day and Wednesday Oklahoma City
with decree* was the hottest spot
in the «tate Monday, and C------
came through with the low of 63
dunn< the night compered with the
70 reached at the airport here and 71
at the Classen station
■andl ™id be eau«ht before they [j. Q)]. W aVDC JohnSOB
Decorated for Valor
For fallantry in action on the Anzlo
beachhead. Italy. Lt Col Wayne L
Johnson. MIS NW M, waa awarded
the Silver Star durin* a retreat cere-
mony Tuesday at Ashburn General
hospital at McKinney. Texas.
Johnson now eonvateacme at Ash-
burn. continued to direct the opera-
uly 4—(JP>—AmrteMi tPMM Tbm-
______ ______ _» and a half milag af Lb Haya du
Puita. and the Britteh. jatatag tke Caaadfama in an aa-
aault west af Caen, captured Viraan, aentli af CurpignsC,
taken earlier ia the day by the Canadians.
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, July A—The Normandy bridge-
head roared into action at both ends at dawn on thia Ameri-
can Independence day with Canadian troops eaptaringCar-
piquet, three milea west of Caen, matching the U. S. offen-
sive down the Cherbourg peninsula which waa doting in on
La Haye du Puita on a 2D-mi)e front.
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Adm. Marc A. Mliseher
The Admiral
Ducks One
on American Beachhead
American medical corpsmen and army nurses the beach-
American drive from Cher- rvportfd to haw pnsownesa *■»-
bourg. Yankees closing on La *u*u Th* aavw* >w
Hsyt (This aago -------- ‘
RUMI A — Soviets capture Po-
lotsk. gateway to Baltic areas
after toppling Minsk Total of |
German prisoners rises above
IMOOO ilth man, Bill In
Minsk trap to
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Continuing Battle
Takes Thunderbirds
From Sicily to Rome
By SGT. DON ROBINSON
L (BSMT. Dlvl«-n *-»•
I IN ITALY, July 4.—The
Ifth division soon will be ob-
jjgving, but not celebrating.
E anniversary of battle, and
Us seems as good a time as
Ky to write about the kind
L year it has been.
I There has been enough Infor-
||R»tinn available about the mill-
Cy activities of the division,
perhaps a little dope on |
«hat It has meant to the aver-
paddlefoot on the line would
the Sicilian landinc
the 45th. as a green
performance which
a credit to veterans
Boston
pounded
Since that 1
for^BTlnh^rttX “«tw«<hinc the
hosne-bwed RAF. and they now are
iailH hand m hand wtth the Brtt-
noyu HMut. ui
there estimated there are 2 SOO Jo*ded
wheat cars in Enid and on the way
at the moment Shortace of labor was
slowinc up unloading, but hope was
Guymon expressed that the Jam would soon
end because soldiers had been made
available for employment from the
army base nearby
Hague reported #27 can routed for
■ TVRM TO Wheat
2 COLUMM «
u s FIRST ARMY HEAD-
---3 IN NOMANDY,
jdy~2 - ■ Delayed .-<CCT > -
Except £_
r . . mallty of
France on Anniversary
London. July
bomben striking kirGeM* In Fruws
Tuesday marked the second anm-
versarv' of U. S air force s first bom-
bardment of Europe in
Half a doaen American crews. fVtoC
bombers from the RAF.
Nasi airfields in Holland Just
years ago on the Fourth of Jufr
Nazis Sav Roosevelt
Coing to Cherbourg
^UXMPON July -^5-A German
Tnaaacean broadcast recorded "
b<Nn Tuesday said that Presddent
•»tvMt -u expected U» arrive in
CNkrbourt within the next tt* days
•Ml -wtn attend the boistlnc of *n
Maarteaa flag on the citadel of Cber-
• Then he wUl co U» Scotland where
I • will meet Mr. Churchill." eaid the
I Frillsil “The two will then
1 Bb proceed to Rome to aaort St* Un
The broadcast was totally vrttbout
Wlrmauon from allied eourwe^Ln
DMt byIb aceodea frDQUEDuy lai®
I bill cast such reports in an effort U>
■fat information.
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American coiumnc w«re
verging on La Haye du Puita
tram the north, mM and woM.
Om column r»ieh«d high
ground i
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town.
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Field dispatcher said tho Canadiana wore fighting «t
close quarters for the Carpiquet air field.
British troops struck forward with thorn, winning
ground south of Carpiquet.
The Canadian attack chopped at the heart ef the Ger-
could eacape to the west
In the first 11 days of the west-
ward - surging offensive the Sonet
troops have plunged forward
tance to Berlin.' Official announce-
ments haw reported some 225.000
Germans killed or captured store the
drive through White Russa* began
June 23
The faU of Minsk. In peacetime a
eity of nearly a quarter of a mlllkm
came three years to the month after
toe Germans took it in their first
. piungv into Russia
First dispatches from Minsk by a
Hed Star correspondent said th*
sit atroeta were littered with German
been killed corpses
Gen. Ike Chats With Sergeant,
Cousin He Never Sate Before
did Uttle more than eoatnbuU a
stnng of yea. sir* ’
Said toe general “Let s see now.
you re my first cousin once remeved
I had a letter from Florence <Rh-
enngtons mother! throe weeks ago
saying I d run into you somewhere
over hero 111 send a meeaag- tell-
ing your mother about you. Bv toe
wav. bow about your Uncle Wlll’“
Sergeant Ethenngton s reply was
Inaudible But he made up for it bv
ahowing toe general a copv of to*
Abilene Reflector-Chronic I* which
earned a front page photograph of
toe general a brother
As toe four starrod jeep took the
general away from the camp Sgt
Ethenngton became vocal. Turning
to a group of buddies be said: "Now
win you an believe I am related to
ium?"
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■1 ttekkgh the winter, baths were
teken M Mid water in the soldiers’
hetaMte.'nMt i a fact well known, but
to he** ■ yes may want to understand it.
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—1 | Cstl Is in Sight
hr Fifth War Loan
VkKQNGTON. July 4 —miee
b be fifth war loan drive moved
Wkki eight of the glKOOO.o*.**
I W Timday.
Tb# tnaaury reported that •»**
•reigh Baturday were »3 percent of
b# quota, although aalea to todlvid-
/ **b ogBUoMd to lag.
• ikbo to corporations and other ncn-
— bsktog tavestora totaled Hi.OM.OOO.-
M ill percent of th* quota for these
■ bvostesa Bales to individuals reached
WJJjmMO. K percent of thio
A * The sow total represented
Latvia, M miles
Kaunas, capita 1 of Lithuania.
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Poland), important junction on the
GeUg*pila-wiItwv-Warsaw railway.
RaU is th* CeUara
In Minsk, capital and cultural cen-
ter of White Russia, special troop* of
Gen. Ivan Cberniakhovskys Third
army and Marshal Konstantin K.
Rokossovoky’s First army rounded up
hundred* of Germans from cellars
and attic*, from blasted apartments
and house*
Exclusively of the thousands still to
be counted in Minsk, the prisoner
total for the fast-moving summer of-
fensive already bad soared toward the
100.000 mark.
With Cberniakhovaky taking !>,-
256 between June 21 and July 1, the
prisoners in his sector reached 33 256.
With Rokossovaky capturing 3.656 on
July 1. 2. his total went to 39.336
Official announcement* emphasised
the*e figures were only preliminary
The actual total of these two armies
First Baltic army and Gen. Matwei
Zakharovs Second Whit* Russian
army—was 60 644
Mare Captive* Expected
The escape rout* out of Min*k be-
tween to* yawning jams of Chernia-
khovaky s and Rokossovskyarmies
to th* north and south, respectively
■ was only 51 mites wide and therefore
it was highly possible that other thou-
Situation Easing in Some Area* a« Farmer*
And Terminals Co-operate to Save Grain
Wheat was piled on the ground in fields and around country
The »ltuf -ion was full of threat of potential damage, but actu-
al loss will depend on how long the rain lasts, and how soon
freight cars can be made available
Biggest jam appsu^ntly is from Buffalo westward through the
Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, where there is the largest wheat
croo In ye aw, with both cars and labor short because of the war.
F ----------------1 D W. Hart, manager of th* Perry-
1 ton Equity Exchange elevator at Perry-
ton Texas, heart of the Oklaboma-
Texa* belt, said "toere to more wheat
on toe ground around here than there
la in the elevator# " Th* two storage
places there have a capacity of ggJXXI
buabela.
There waa a light rain falling there,
with 06 of an inch recorded, but im-
mediately north, at Guymon, there
wa* an official report of 191 inches.
Hart eatimated that the crop in his
----1 only about half harvested.
treme western end of th* Oklahoma
of panhandte there waa a 1 42-inch rain.
All of these area* are In the midst
There was a complete embargo on
further shipment* of wheat into Kmd.
center of great terminal storage ele-
vators. until June 6 A permit system
ha* been established for several days
Floyd Hague, of th* ICC office
Oklahoma City Times
.w zw.1 ct, --r- PMtathca *• »»coa* class matter eager tba act at Marek A Xgra
FOURTEEN PAGES—500 N BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY. TUESDAY. JULY 4, 1H4
the Caen perimeter and one of the kaja to Caan itoalf.
With the British-Canadian offenahre, the GannM ware
engaged at both ends of the bridgehead.
A ■ U a a a* amlttemtoA mom** *hmm
Santa Fe Chief
sssrussrs. WreekKffls 5
■■
26 Hurt a* Crack
Train la Derailed
FLACMTAVr, Arte., Wy 4/-
un—Five penona were known to
be dead and M totored when toe
locomotive of the weatbooad
Banta Fe Chief and 11 can were
derallod and tdeaeopod 11 mfloa
woct of hero shortly before mid-
night. railroad offlrlal* «aid
Tnooday.
1 S' m kV/ce mileh ^En«Jean> £manVef waa aa J* BO indkj-
J rri 1 r> A Canadian Prere Correopondent Root Munro in a front
: Wheat Piled on State Farms Tokyo Reports
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Whole Normandy Front Ablaze
As British, Canadians Launch
9
Th* former dust bowl wa* a mud *re*
bowl again Tuesday, but all Mr
Munghan would hold out for Okla-
homa City wa* i *2 "
tinued warm, with the mercury jump-
ing up to about 96 for th* Fourth uT
July holiday. .
There wa* a good rain all through of harvest
the panhandle where It i*nt particu-
larly wanted during a wheat harvest
just reaching its peak Boise City had
142. Beaver 117. and Guymon 191.
white the remainder of the state *p-
not counting Gen Ivan Bagramian'*
Rumi and Speed On
Padt Minsk, Leave
Thousands in Trap
MOSCOW, July 4.— UP) —
Russian armies rolled swiftly
west of captured Minsk Tues-
day toward Warsaw and east
Prussia, less than 150 miles
■way while other Soviet forces
stamped out the last German
defenses in Polotsk, gateway
to I-atvia and Lithuania on
the Baltic.
The German communique said
Polotsk had been evacuated and
that the Russians had pene-
trated Minsk and “pushed ahead
farther west.” A spokesman for
the enemy said Russian van-
guards in some places already
were nearly 40 miles west or
northwest of Minsk, Slutsk and
Polotsk.
New FlatoBg Offenaire
A Berlin broadcast said Ru**ian ad-
vance* were ao rapid that great Ger-
man unit* "were left in the rear of
to* enemv ’
Th* Finnish command aald th*
Russian* had started a new general
offensive on the Karelian itthmu* be- 1
tween Suomenvedenpohja and Kart*-
ahni with heavy artillery, tank and
air forces supporting the infantry
Since the fall of Minsk (239,000).
Polotsk (72.0001 was the largest Ru»-
*lan city left in German hand*. The
German hold on pre-war Ruaaia had
shrunk to an area tea* than that of
Massachuaett*.
Counting the prisoner bag at Minsk,
the Russian pres* aald captive* in the
12-day offensive that crushed the
central front are expected to swell
between 124.000 and 135.000 Two
German divisional general* were cap-
tured Monday, ratting to 21 the Ger-
man general officers killed or cap-
tured in three week* in Ru**ia and
Prsnct.
Other Plisse Tkreatened
With the collspse of German de-
fense* st Minsk before two hard-
dnung Russian columns, a number of
important new objective* lay ahead
for the Red army steamroller
Cutting between the flank* of th*
disorganised Germane and smashing
aporadte apposition, the Russian* were
battling toward communication lines
and borttor line elites of th* Soviet
Baltic republic* and threatening th*
bulk of th* Nasi position* on the Ru*-
aton aide of toe western Bug river
In addition to being teas than 150
mltee from the east Pruasian frontier,
toe Red army troop* were only 36
mile* from DaugavpU* (Dvinakyi. m
southern Latvia; 94 mltee from
rennet capital of Lithuania and
only about IM from Bialystok <ln oto
Rain; City Dry
troops have plunged forward some
150 miles—nearly ooe-fourththe dlx-
8tar* and Btripee rose slowly to
said the fag arrived by
officer-courier Since it* arrival it
writ* those etortes
war de-
r get a thrill
that almost equate that of *om* par-
ent*
That wa* th* case Tuesday.
Mr* Nellte Whaten of Brtuon
called to report receipt of advice that
her eon 8 Sgt Robert Parker Madi-
gan. wa* miaatng in action in a raid
over Yugoalavia Jun* 16
Before th* reporter had finished
writing th* atory Mrs Whaten phoned
again Thi* Um*
• I ju*t got another wireah* ex • 1
claimed They »av Bo© 1* aafe and |
u back at hi* t>a**’“
Set Madigan »bo l» bombardier on
th* Reouteiv* Raul*r IX ' ha* com-
pleted 20 miaaion* Htt father Qien
Madigan 1* serving with toe Seabee*
in Alaska
Woman Loses Purse
With $56,000 in Gems i
INDIAN APOUS. July 4
Marguerite Jackson White of In-
dianapolis reported vs police that ab*
had tost a puree containing jewel*
valued at more than 654 000 in a
downtown restaurant
Mrs White a hueband William 8
■Bill" White. 1* a farmer Loe An-
ge to* sportsman and race ear owner
She told police toe puree vamahed
withm a mtnute after *b* placed It
on a chair. 1
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■rate,
ABOARD U. 8. CARRIER
FLAGSHIP, Mariana* IxlancLs,
June 15.— (Delayed.)—<-**'—
With attacking Japanese
planes roaring on all sides of
this American carrier force
during D-day operations off
Saipan island. Vice-Adm. Marc
A. Mitscher 1 a native of Okla-
homa City), commander of the
outfit, sat on his bridge watch-
ing the fireworks.
A tow-flying Japanese plane
flicked past so close it seemed one
could almost touch it by reaching
out from the bridge
The admiral ducked, then quietly
remarked, “That was close "
The Loudest
July 4 Bang
ST SAUVEUR LI VICOMTE,
France, July 4.—<*■>—Promptly
at noon Tuesday every Amer-
Ican gun in action in France
sent a shell screaming ln|o
the German lines.
Weapons from sharp-crack-
Ing HttM S7-enm. piece* to the
heaviest artillery tn the Yan-
kee armory Joined in the great
chorus, while swelling tha
mighty barrage were the im-
promptu bursts from thou-
sands of machine guns.
It was one of the greatest
July 4 fireworks displays in
history. The Americans were
observing Independence day
bTcontiuing the attack be-
gun at dawn Monday.
A Proud Flag
Flies in Rome
ROME, July 4.——Benito
Mussolini's balcony hung mute
and empty Tuesday in the
bright sunlight as the same
American flag which pew
above the capital in Washing-
ton on the fateful days when
the United States was packed
by Japan. Germany and Italy
rose slowly to the -thast in
Rome s Piazza Venezia.
Il we* one of tb« most grimly
Mtttfying ceremonie* in history
of Amcrtc* ■ armed force*.
Rom* 1* the nrtt
tol" Mej Gen Harry H Johnson,
commander of Rom* are.
boomed through a loud spe*ke_
.---? flag will fly eubaequently
Berlin and Tokyo ’
- blared, picked ta-
7 unite stepped briakly inwtb*
quadrangle and took up
order poeltion. acroe. a .
front facing th* mart. TYier*1 wa*
a rattle of drum* a* a
Mcorted the cotori to the «*and^ A
wild cheer brok* from the crowd a*
the I
the masthead.
Johnson
southeast ef Tekye. and that
fighting 1* ander way M I we
Jims and Chiehl Jima.
<Bs Th* AeMmtee Free*L -__
Tokyo reported that aircraft from
a naval teak force Tuesday morning
attacked Iwo Jima and Chichi J*1"*-
dn the Bonin islands teas than
miles eoutheart o< Japan, and de-
clared that “at present heavy fight-
ing is in progress."
There waa no Immediate sfiled oen-
f irmation of thia report, but an June
IS planes tram aa American task
force delivered a heavy Mow to air-
field* on the two lets nd*
The Tokyo broadcart aald the at-
tacking planes returned to Iwo Jima ...
™ —• * *r
* >«“ " * “ ”” mm
shot down.
The Tokyo radio said Tuesday that Allied----- -
a number of "targe enemy planes" h^ 3J!
use J.jmuew — • -V I — —' - ; , .
the Caroline* Monday and 1 in spite of heavy reins wWen severely
_ _____ -a— bsAtei ’ e 6 ■ a ■ d Aim onw««mMN< *
developed as Japanese fighters inter- ,
cepted toe raiders
The broadcast said two ef the at-
tacking plane, were downed and one
Japanese plan* wa* tort
Garapan Fall Imminent
As Jap* Flee Marines
PEARL HARBOR July 4—<UF)— launched a new settee of attack* there
A front dispatch reported Tuesday but the silted supreme ci—smnd eaM
that toe fall of Garapan. adminirtra- every one wa* regretted
I Uve center of the Manana*, appeared the
imminent, wtth the objective of the drive skid
abandoning to* city bef*e bard-drtv- launched Menday, a thrwrt
mg American mann**. 1 wfalch under m the ewprte-
The Japanese were fleeing north- tuns ot a week after th*
yard from Oarepaa. on th* wort coast eBngMMr Ckirteorg. MteMd the
of Saipan th* diepateh aald. ta an oermane torn La Haye they wouM be
attempt to reach shelter tn Che mass forwd beet perhaps IS miles to the
of ndg*e and r**1®** f^rroig the natural defense Bns along the
northern Up of th* lataad (Detail* Ajr wtUch rune into the eea M
Pag* 4). Leeeay.
The Amertren eotamn cteeoM to
-_y bs in point,
ttfere »** WM
12. j is JNb wben
d hen mdfiL F« *
anuid have been
Pert R.** *t Flrrt
To the ai iteiiy '----—
d^Tand the emeu of old and new
, Hith n meant stew, meat and beans
lefem and vegetable hash, varied
• ~*L)y by the concentrated K-ration*.
B nnaot until the campaign wa* over
t^gt thtrs wa* anything good to eat in
Stab.
Traveling so fart most of the men
rt th* 45th couldn’t carry their b*d-
Hfe wtth them They fought almost
g* ««y, and you can’t fight wtth
Ibmvy pack. By day they sweltered
Steeir woolen uniform*, and by night
were chined by the mountain
^tany of them eaught malaria,
ftere wa* an unpleasant minor
Bmte called “sand fly fever” that
fig tat of men tow a few day*.
Erto every man in the dlvirton loot
Mgbt In Sicily, and one first ser-
gset tost 40 pound*.
The War G*t. Reagh
Tbsre wa* a brief rest, and then
I^Jtoe tbs Battle of Bloody Ridge on
I IMF** “WV1 coast wa* no breesr.
I fcp'fy noUon 46th men had that
IttW Md seen the wont war Im* to
IrfW wm dispelled at Salerno Th*
I hadbg vu tougher than Sicily bv
Itw, Dm Oermans werewaittng ■*
tt# Store aad sotow of She sasn toft
■Mr toadtote eraft firing their rifles.
flto«rs Osman oounterkUaebs were
costly, but were minor
bsget mwared with those at Salem©
Wba Mto artillery ha* to protect ite
■tdhtoi gun* with machine gun fire,
th# totaatton ta desperate, and thtt
hsmtotod at Salerno.
WtaB the German* finally were
ItobM terb and the beachhead made
toMM. R wa* another sprint inland,
vdb am mountain* and mor* heat
■4 Store duet.
A Leng. Hard Winter
Tta the allied drive halted, and
Bm«h a bitter winter of cold, mow
IM rain th* 45th lived out of door*
BSto mountain*. Hundred* of men
hospital* with “trench
serious condition induced by
damp.
7_, the artillery duel went
Dtvteton artillery wa* set up in a
1 which wa* gradually reduced to
* _ „ The beet definition
< mbit to Quentin Reynolds’ "Rubble
bhoosre ground up small.”
Tbs approach to the division’* po-
■ttm wa* dominated by German ar-
■tary. It was a tong, straight stretch
*f road devoid of cover or concealment
•®< became known a» Highway *6 "
r. H«»* Thea Cam* Aeete
■m ba the bitter cold of an aixxx-
■al Italian winter, the 45th took up
M petotion* on the Ansto beachhead.
Far months the men waited in their
SogouU for the push to start. They
•er* eoid. wet. dttagreeable month*
The enemy eonstantly threw in air
tertt*. high explortve* and air raid*
Ns man knew for a reasonable eer-
tatoty mt be would be alive the next
___— ef SMMjMS
boy* was prepared by a intt»o*nag
artiUery barrage
la editotten to facing atper MM .
■rertar fire, tta Amertren doughboy*
had to figM ttorregk oom st the meM
taeagreeaM* etwUy * Freto" R to
utte trooeed wtth canato aad river*
running through ewampy lead.
be counted. I Weather Bough
Under torrential rata* only the
road* rem* med above water, aiding
the def ease
The anted navy dtactaeed seme eg
the detelta ot the ■eethw tn_Juae.
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the worst m 12 yeere far mlnitteg
on th* Normaady bee rite*
Moderately etreag
at hl* headquarter*
Eleven Believed Dead
In State Plane Crash
WOODWARD July
oremn fcrVbWTl to
ST pre other* were
died in the crash of a bomber near
Hammon in Roger MUI* county, ac-
^^re^STof&r^
jte am fatal reprewnted « In- ^t‘SalX
2* * 6M7.OOO.bOO from the pre- N. M. crashed late Sun-
Min* Sav _____ wa*
quarters
for the stunned for-
7 the sergeant you
might have thought it was any
street corner in a small mid-
westem town recently when
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
unexpectedly met hi* your.?
cousin and fellow tow usman,
Sgt. George I. Ethenngton.
Th* edited commander in chief
wa* on a rwift tour of our front hne
go du nogttkma when the meeting occurred
todep*°d"*T ^r Zout 14 miles behind our mo*
L* built up two great air lorw<1 Th* general un-
Mdteteiy started talking about
tnetr relatives m and around natrre
ish striking any sector of Nazi tauope. . Abuen*. Kan., bu. -be buck rgeaat
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 55, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 4, 1944, newspaper, July 4, 1944; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1760503/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.